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It’s New Year’s Day morning, the Sun has taken over for last night’s Blue Moon, and it is awfully quiet around here. We hosted an NYE party for Maria and five of her 12-year-old friends last night, and everybody is apparently still snoozing in the other room. I have no idea how late they stayed […]
Read MoreOn this Christmas Eve, as snow falls outside here in Dallas, I’m listening to Mary Chapin Carpenter’s great holiday CD “Come Darkness, Come Light.” And her song, “Christmas Carol” struck me. We’re counting this as a rare White Christmas, whether or not it sticks on the ground, or there’s any here tomorrow. And out at […]
Read MoreOK. Get ready. If you’ve never heard this before, I offer you your biggest laugh of the day…because, as I often say, we people of faith take ourselves waaay too seriously…. The Abominable Holy Night So now, you’re wondering, “what was that?!!!” You can find out here. All honor and glory to the Burnside Writer’s […]
Read MoreI’m only writing this because I’ve heard multiple TCU friends complaining/grumbling over the past 24-hours about the BCS selection process. They’re saying…“We got robbed.”“We should be in the big game.”“The BCS is afraid of us.”“The system sucks.” OK. For the record? I totally agree with the last statement. Yes, absolutely, the system sucks. Yes, absolutely, […]
Read MoreWhat a joy to wake up to a brief snow storm this morning. (pics here) What a joy to have Maria run in the bedroom, screaming “IT’S SNOWING!!!” That kind of memory will never fade. Every time it snows, I will remember that moment of joy. And I needed this snow this morning. I needed […]
Read MoreWhat follows is one of the most beautiful few paragraphs about Christmas ever written. I have had this blog…what?….six years? Why am I just now sharing this? Anyway, here it is, from one of my all-time favorite writers, Frederick Buechner, and his book “Whistling in the Dark: An ABC Theologized.” (A book I cannot recommend […]
Read MoreI’ve been fans of the folks at “The Advent Conspiracy” for a couple of years now. Every December, I like to see the kinds of things they’re putting out, to encourage folks to buy less and yet give more at Christmas. If you are confused by how one might buy less yet give more, check […]
Read MoreMany thanks to friend and colleague, David Weber, for his great quote about today, “Black Friday.” It’s worth meditating on for a while…. “Americans stopped for awhile yesterday to give thanks for what they have, then rose this morning, early, and left the house, praying ‘But it’s not enough.’ “ Please visit Eric’s original blog […]
Read MoreAs if real life wasn’t busy enough right now, we’re having some pretty major home repairs done in the house where we live. The house is actually a “parsonage,” owned by the church. We moved in when I came to Northaven in 2001. I believe the church bought in the early 1990s, and there really […]
Read MoreDear Yankee Fans: So, you won again. Goody for you. You do understand that some of us really hate your team, right? We can even admire the franchise, its history and tradition, and all of what it means to our American cultural heritage. But we still hate the Yankees. And, yes, we hate Yankee fans. […]
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